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Bulls found a rare gem with Jim Boylen
公牛的稀有寶石，新任首席助理教練Jim Boylen
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Chicago Bulls fans always have to take a double take when they read the name
Jim Boylen. After all, they all witnessed the horrificcoaching interim job Jim
Boylan did for the Bulls after Scott Skiles was fired. No. This is another Jim
Boylen, name spelled a bit differently.
當公牛球迷看到Jim Boylen的名子時他們都會在檢查一次自己眼睛，尤其
當時Scott Skiles被開除後，他們經歷了Jim Boylan的可怕執教，但這次
是Jim Boylen，兩人拼法不太一樣。
The Bulls hired Boylen as an associate head coach shortly after hiring Fred Hoi
berg. It seems Gar Forman and John Paxson are doing their best to replicate the
blueprints the Warriors used to build their championship team. Not only Fred Ho
iberg and Steve Kerr have similar style of coaching, but both coaches hired an
associate head coach; which is higher than assistant head coach.
公牛今年暑假在聘請總教練Fred Hoiberg後，馬上任用Boylen為首席助教
看來公牛的GarPax管理階層儘全力的複製金州勇士成功的經驗，不只是
Hoiberg和Steve Kerr有相似的執教特質，而且兩者都聘請(副總教練？)而
不是以往僅僅是助教而已。
Associate head coach generally has the full responsibility of one end of the co
urt. Alvin Gentry was responsible for the Warriors offense when he was the asso
ciate head coach. Jim Boylen was brought on board to coach the defensive side.
He was mentored by none other than the great Greg Popovich and Rudy Tomjanovich
. Boylen has said he’ll run the same defensive sets as he did with the Rockets
during their back-to-back championship run in the 90s. Greg Popovich has a kna
ck for hiring great coaches. Mike Budenholzer is the most recent success story
coming out of the Spurs coaching staff. He led the unlikely Atlanta Hawks to th
e best record in the East and making their first Eastern Conference Finals appe
arance since 1970. Becky Hammon will probably be another success story as she’
s the first female assistant coach in the history of the NBA, and she just so
happened to win the Summer League championship in her first coaching run. Jim B
oylen could be the next success story coming out of the Spurs locker room.
副總教練負責場上攻守一方，像勇士的Alvin Gentry就是負責勇士的進攻
方，而Boylen則是負責公牛的防守方，Boylen輔助過偉大的Greg Popovich
和Rudy Tomjanovich。Boylen說他會制定和當初幫助火箭拿下兩座冠軍一
樣的防守體系。而Greg Popovich體系出來的教練更是不用多說，包括老鷹
總教練Mike Budenholzer他帶領不被看好的老鷹拿下東區最佳戰績，並
助老鷹在1970後首次打入分區決賽。還有Becky Hammon除了是首位NBA女助
教外，在她第一次執教下，便帶領馬刺在夏季聯盟拿下冠軍。Jim Boylen
有機會成為下一個馬刺體系出身的成功案例。
What makes Jim Boylen a rare gem in the NBA? Well, his defensive mind is well
documented by Gregg Popovich’s praise. That’s what makes him special, but the
re is one more thing that makes him rare. It’s not often a defensive minded co
ach is listed as one of the best shooting coaches at the same time. Usually, co
aches like to stick to one side of the court; you don’t have to tell that to T
om Thibodeau. However, he joined the San Antonio Spurs in 2013; Boylen was hire
d as a defensive guru and a shooting coach. Since his addition, the players on
the team shot exceptionally well compared to years past, and their defense neve
r skipped a beat.
Jim Boylen到底有什麼特別呢？首先他的防守體系是得到Popo讚賞的，這
是他特別處，但他對於投籃的執教才是讓他成為稀有寶石的關鍵。一般來
說防守擅長教練進攻方面就相對遜色，例如Tom Thibodeau，但是Boylen
2013年加入馬刺團隊，他被聘請為防守以及投籃助教，自從他加入後，馬
刺球員的投籃命中率顯著提升，而防守也還是維持以往水準。
(以下為命中率提升圖)
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Percentage increase after Boylen’s arrival
Fred Hoiberg and Jim Boylen feel like a match made in heaven, at least on paper
they do. While we know Hoiberg is the offensive guru while Boylen will stick to
defense, Boylen playing the role as a shooting coach will help Hoiberg so much
more. Hoiberg’s entire offensive scheme is surronded by the phrase “Advanced
Analytics” which basically means gunslinging 3-point shots throughout the gam
e. Boylen would be the perfect coach to help teach these shooters how to shoot,
espeically since most of them were never taught proper offensive under Tom Thi
bodeau.
Hoiberg和Boylen看似就是天造地設的一對，至少在紙上看來是這樣。我
們都知道Hoiberg在進攻方面的天賦，Boylen則會負責防守，在投籃上他也
可以幫助Hoiberg很多，Hoiberg的進攻十分仰賴三分投射，Boylen剛好可
以教導公牛球員們投籃，尤其大部分球員在當初Tom Thibodeau下根本沒有
被教導適當投籃技巧。
It will be a fun and different look for the Bulls this upcoming season, and the
y hope Jim Boylen is another success story coming out of San Antonio.
公牛新賽季的比賽將會變得有趣，且是全新面貌，他們都希望Jim Boylen
是下一個馬刺體系出來的成功故事。